Yesterday, we reported that Research In Motion’s head of global sales Patrick Spence had resigned after 14 years with the firm. Spence, who has responsible for Middle East sales growth for RIM, has surfaced at Sonos as the firm’s new chief commercial officer. The move was first reported by Reuters on Thursday evening, which also said

There have been several rumors and even alleged screen shots suggesting that Research In Motion was interested in licensing its popular BlackBerry Messenger service, lovingly referred to as BBM, for months and months now. Those rumors have just been shot down by an unnamed RIM source who recently spoke with The Wall Street Journal. While

RIM’s downward spiral doesn’t seem to be slowing any time soon. The company announced on Wednesday that its global sales chief Patrick Spence has resigned. Spence spent 14 years with Research In Motion. This is serious business, especially as RIM tries to build its market share in EMEA and emerging markets. Spence was responsible for

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) again ruled in favor of Research In Motion and Apple in a patent infringement suit brought by Eastman Kodak. The claims were made in the ITC’s latest initial determination, which was published by judge Thomas Pender. “I hereby reaffirm on remand that no violation of Section 337 of the Tariff

To compete with devices like the iPad and Transformer Prime, Research In Motion seems to believe that all its PlayBook really needs is a little LTE love. The company promised an upgraded version of its misunderstood tablet would hit sometime this year, and an FCC filing suggests its arrival is all but imminent. We saw

Fresh images of RIM’s latest BlackBerry 10 operating system have surfaced following a press event in London. The pictures show off several features we’ve already covered in detail, such as the widget-filled homescreen, improved camera interface and a new app tray, but they appear to be installed on the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha Prototype device,

The United States Department of Defense has officially approved six of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 7 devices for use on its networks. The approval will allow members of the Defense Department, including members of the U.S. Army, to upgrade to RIM’s latest BlackBerry models. The DoD requires that each phone go through extensive testing before it

Following a series of leaks, there isn’t much we don’t already know about the BlackBerry Curve 9320. But today Research in Motion has made the budget handset official. It looks just like the device we’ve already seen in those leaked images, with a built-in FM radio and a dedicated BlackBerry Messenger key. The Curve 9320

This week on The Evolution of Research in Motion, the Canadian smartphone maker has announced that it will be teaming up with TomTom to bring HD Traffic to BlackBerry devices. We’re a bit surprised that the company didn’t out this announcement during its own show last week, but at least it’s a step forward for

Research In Motion on Tuesday appointed Frank Boulben as its new chief marketing officer and Kristian Tear as its new chief operating officer. “Kristian and Frank bring extensive knowledge of the rapidly changing wireless global market and will help RIM as we sharpen our focus on delivering long-term value to our stakeholders,” said Thorsten Heins, RIM’s

Research in Motion unveiled its next-generation BlackBerry operating system during its BlackBerry World event in Orlando, Florida, earlier this week. And if you’re a BlackBerry fan, it was a rather bittersweet event. BlackBerry 10 looks like it’s going to be a very promising release — even to an iOS user like me — but it’s

You may associate the BlackBerry brand as being all business, but Research In Motion is hashing out deals in order to cater to the full spectrum of mobile trends. The handset maker announced a partnership on Wednesday that will bring 11 Gameloft games to BlackBerry 10 at launch. Among the titles optimized for the platform:

We met up with a developer yesterday to bring you a quick unboxing of a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha unit. We should note that this device doesn’t actually run BlackBerry 10 — none of them do — instead, it’s a watered down version of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. There’s only a browser and a camera

So BlackBerry 10 isn’t ready (yet), and while Research In Motion was eager to show off a few neat features, the OS still seems to be a long way off. Quite frankly, in order to give us — along with consumers and investors — confidence RIM can compete against the likes of iOS and Android, we

Nokia dove head-first into the patent wars on Wednesday when it announced that it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Research In Motion, HTC and ViewSonic. It believes the three companies are infringing on a total of 45 patents. “Nokia is a leader in many technologies needed for great mobile products,” said Louise Pentland, chief

During a press briefing at BlackBerry World 2012 in Orlando, Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins promised that RIM will launch a 4G-capable BlackBerry PlayBook later this year. The device will support LTE networks, but Heins didn’t provide an exact launch date for the enhanced tablet. He did, however, say that enterprise customers will have

We just came from a briefing at BlackBerry World 2012 (don’t forget to check out our keynote coverage) here in Orlando where RIM CEO Thorsten Heins took a rare moment to speak directly to the press. He explained RIM’s current stance, why he didn’t know there was so much turmoil within the company before he took

During the BlackBerry 10 Jam keynote here at BlackBerry World 2012 in Orlando, RIM’s vice president of developer relations Alec Saunders discussed BlackBerry App World’s growth. Saunders confirmed that the application store is now home to more than 99,500 applications and 25% of them are compatible with RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. That’s a far ways

Research In Motion may be heading toward an all-touchscreen future with BlackBerry 10, but the company says it doesn’t plan to abandon its hardware QWERTY fans. In addition to addressing the issue during Tuesday’s keynote, a RIM spokesman confirmed with PhoneScoop that keyboard-equipped devices running the company’s newest software will arrive after the first wave

RIM provided a decent amount of details for its BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system during a keynote on Tuesday at BlackBerry World 2012 in Orlando. The operating system looks great: there’s a fluid user interface that allows users to view notifications by side swiping, a much improved messaging platform, homescreen widgets and much more. Except

We just swung by the press room here at BlackBerry World 2012 in Orlando to bring you a hands-on of RIM’s BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha Testing Device. The phone doesn’t actually run BlackBerry 10, it runs a watered down version of RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 operating system, and that’s very apparent. The entire UI is just like

RIM CEO Thorsten Heins just finished his comments on stage here at BlackBerry World 2012 in Orlando, Florida, and the company just published images and video of the brand new operating system so that you can get a closer look at what we just saw. In the gallery below you’ll find the keyboard, BB10 multitasking

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has confessed to being the orchestrator behind those embarrassing protests staged outside Apple retail stores in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. The marketing stunt saw a coach-load of people dressed in black pull up outside the Apple store with signs that read “Wake Up.” The group then proceeded to chant at

Even though we might’ve glimpsed a BlackBerry 10 developer device over the weekend, don’t expect this week’s BlackBerry World 2012 (what? you didn’t know that was going on?) to introduce any new hardware. Simply, a RIM spokesman told CNET, “We are not unveiling any BlackBerry 10 hardware.” This year’s event has never been more pivotal

Late last week, a coach-load of protestors dressed in black pulled up outside an Apple retail store in Sydney, Australia, and began chanting “Wake Up!” to employees and customers inside. They had signs that also read “Wake Up,” and the message was plastered onto the side of their coach. Many — including myself — were